The design and development of a digital contact tracing application to better facilitate the tracing of passengers in the event of a biological threat/ pandemic

With increasing air travel, contagion can spread anywhere in the world within 24 hours. As a result, the potential risk of introduction and spread of infectious disease is on the rise. Recently, we the global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) showed the potential of a contagion to emerge,...

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Published in:Journal of decision systems 2020-08, Vol.29 (sup1), p.482-488
Main Authors: Gleeson, Michael, Neville, Karen, Pope, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air transportation
Contact tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
emergency management
infectious disease
Infectious diseases
Pandemic
Pandemics
Passengers
public health
Viral diseases
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Summary:With increasing air travel, contagion can spread anywhere in the world within 24 hours. As a result, the potential risk of introduction and spread of infectious disease is on the rise. Recently, we the global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) showed the potential of a contagion to emerge, spread and effect the health, social and economic life of people globally. Contact tracing represents an important factor in mitigating the global spread of a pandemic. This research in progress paper explores the design and development of a 'contact tracing' application in relation to airline passengers in the event of a biological threat or pandemic. The current paper-based method of contact tracing has many limitations that can lead to delayed identification of at-risk passengers and ultimately increased the spread of contagion. The use of a digital contact tracing application provides a method of rapidly collecting passenger contact information.
ISSN:1246-0125
2116-7052
DOI:10.1080/12460125.2020.1848386